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Soraya -Be Convinced! Sharing Lifechanging Stories of Hope

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Host Soraya Diase Coffelt is a lawyer, former judge, entrepreneur, children's author, wife and mother, who has a passionate desire to encourage and inspire you by sharing true stories of hope that involve people in a wide variety of circumstances. Today, we are too often inundated with stories that negatively impact us, hindering the hope that we have for successful futures - for ourselves and our children. Unfortunately, this also adversely affects our everyday lives, as we strive to build stronger families, better relationships, excel at work, improve our health, and leave our children a better world. Soraya possesses a heart to convince you to wake up each morning with a sense of hope and awe for the new day. You will be convinced that you can indeed improve your life and contribute to making the world a better place.

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Ep. #185 - Life Coach Elena Brandner Uses Her Never-Give-Up Attitude to Help Others

July 22, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

Elena Brandner is a living testament to strength, resilience, and a determination to overcome.  Elena shares with us how she was a high-level athlete and body builder, who excelled in sports, and was also studying to be a pharmacist. Then, about two years ago, she was in a car accident which left her paralyzed from the waist down.  Due to her faith and the prayers and support from many in her community, she is defying the predictions that she would never walk again.  She tells us about her “...

Ep. #184 - As the Side Hustle Coach, Fabienne Hansen Wants to Help You Build a Career That You Truly Love

July 15, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Fabienne Hansen is also known as the “side hustle coach”.  What is a side hustle? Fabienne describes it as dipping your toes into entrepreneurship while continuing with a full-time job.  Fabienne shares her inspiring story about beating numerous personal and professional challenges.  She decided that she wanted to help build the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders.  She asked herself “what if she could help others to build a career that they truly love, make a difference in the worl...

Ep. #183 - Mindset, Fitness and Nutrition Coach Charissa Halonen Shares the Fundamentals of Successful Self- Development

July 08, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

My guest Charissa Halonen is a mindset, fitness and nutrition coach who provides services with her husband online.  She shares her years of struggling with bad relationships, obesity, and alcohol.  Then, in 2014, she had a life-altering car accident that resulted in an undiagnosed brain injury that caused a complete personality change in her.  It was not until 3 years later that her brain injury was confirmed as post concussive syndrome, and she began the road of treatment and recovery.  Cha...

Ep. #182 - President and Founder of Dignity Defense Institute, Nicole Smith, Shares Her Commitment to Upholding the Dignity of All Human Life

July 01, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

My guest is Nicole Smith, the founder of Dignity Defense Institute, a nonprofit organization that is committed to upholding the inherent dignity of every human life.  For over a decade, Nicole worked on the communications side of human rights all over the world for a faith-based constitutional law firm.  With a master’s degree in law and public policy and a sincere desire to bring about change, Nicole joined the fight for the child bride in Uganda and the persecuted religious minority in Ira...

Ep. #181 - Dr. Tamar Lawson is on a Mission to Inspire Busy Women to Prioritize Their Health and Wellness

June 24, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

My guest is Dr. Tamar Lawful, who has been named one of the top 50 most influential pharmacists in the country.  She has been a pharmacist for over 20 years and is the CEO and founder of LYFE Balance Inc.  She is on a mission to inspire busy women to prioritize their health and wellness.  Dr. Tamar shares with us how she went through many struggles in her life, from pregnancy, to not sleeping enough, to hormone imbalance, just to name a few.  She says that she is not a normal pharmacist as s...

Ep. #181 - Dr. Tamar Lawful is on a Mission to Inspire Busy Women to Prioritize Their Health and Wellness

June 24, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

My guest is Dr. Tamar Lawful, who has been named one of the top 50 most influential pharmacists in the country.  She has been a pharmacist for over 20 years and is the CEO and founder of LYFE Balance Inc.  She is on a mission to inspire busy women to prioritize their health and wellness.  Dr. Tamar shares with us how she went through many struggles in her life, from pregnancy, to not sleeping enough, to hormone imbalance, just to name a few.  She says that she is not a normal pharmacist as s...

Ep. #180 - Author, Speaker and Coach Nick Hutchinson Seeks to Help You Implement What You Read to Improve Your Life

June 17, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

My guest Nick Hutchinson is an author, speaker, one-on-one coach, and a podcast host all at the age of 30. Nick has been the visionary force behind the company Book Thinkers, a growing 7-figure marketing agency that helps to bridge the worlds of authors and readers.  His platform reaches over 1,000,000 people each month.  A voracious reader himself, he firmly believes that there is a book out there that can help you solve any challenge that you might have.  But Matt stresses that reading isn...

Ep. #179 - Financial Planner Chad Holmes Wants to Help You Maximize Your Family Legacy with Proven Strategies

June 10, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

My guest Chad Holmes is a certified financial planner as well as a CPA, certified private wealth advisor, and a chartered retirement planning specialist. With over a decade of experience in finance and accounting, Chad’s passion and expertise has developed into assisting families to maximize their family legacies and take advantage of many tax saving opportunities.  All this can be achieved by financial planning.  He is also the author of the book titled The Inheritance Playbook: Helping You...

Ep. #178 - Rand Selig Successful Entrepreneur and Author Rand Selig Shares How We Can Thrive Daily Through Being the Author of Own Story

June 03, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Rand Selig has been a very successful entrepreneur who established and managed a prominent investment banking firm.  With an MBA from Stanford, he has not only been an accomplished professional, but has also been married for 43 years, has 2 children and 3 grandchildren, and has volunteered relentlessly.  With his breadth of personal and professional experience, he decided to write a book titled Thriving: How to Create a Healthier, Happier and More Prosperous Life. He shares how each of us ca...

Ep. #177 - Dr. Brad Miller Shares His Struggles and Triumphs Using Comedy Therapy for Cancer and Other Health Challenges

May 27, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MB

Dr. Brad Miller likes to be known as “The Adversity Doctor” linking comedy with cancer therapy.  He is not a medical doctor but had a career of over 43 years as a pastor and obtained his doctoral degree in ministry.  After retiring, he was diagnosed with cancer.  He said that he laughed to keep from crying after he heard the diagnosis. Dr. Miller has since brought his extensive experience in ministry and his doctoral degree in personal transformation and linked those with his love for comedy...

Ep. #176 - Matt O’Neill Entrepreneur Matt O’Neill Shares His Mission to Spread the Importance of Good Moods in Our Lives

May 20, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

My guest Matt O’Neill is on a mission to spread the knowledge of the importance of good moods.  Yes – that’s correct!  Do you know how impactful a good mood can be to your life? Matt faced many challenges when he was growing up, from a father’s absence to limited financial resources.  He is a husband and father of four who has established and managed multiple businesses.  And he knows and understands the demands of life as well as how to survive when a business is facing financial struggles....

Ep. #175 - Leadership Coach and Author Ilene Marcus Shares How You Can Effectively Manage Annoying People

May 13, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MB

Ilene Marcus is a leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker.  Ilene has over 30 years of leadership experience in diverse industries.  She especially enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs to start and scale businesses. She also enjoys working with teams.  The title of her book is How to Manage Annoying People – 7 Proven Tactics to Maximize Team Performance. As Ilene likes to advise, managing people begins most importantly with self-management and the understanding that your actions carry weight...

Ep. #174 - Certified Coach Hannah Lynn Helps Women Prevent or Overcome Burnout

May 06, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MB

My guest Hannah Lynn is a certified coach who is passionate  about helping women prevent or overcome burnout, design a  career they love, and show up as their best selves.  Hannah knows about burnout all too well as she has suffered it twice in her life.  She is a wife, mother, and career professional who turned burnout into a blessing, as she stepped back, reassessed her life, and prioritized. She brings her personal experiences, knowledge, and training to provide the assistance and directi...

Ep. #173 - Accomplished Entrepreneur Zachary Parker Harris Shares the Importance of Wholistic Success for Entrepreneurs

April 29, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

My guest Zachary Parker Harris is a very successful businessman who is making a tremendous impact on entrepreneurs through his organization Junto Global.  At a young age, Zachary was in to partying, taking drugs, and excessive drinking.   When he was 20 years old, he almost died in a car accident.  He then made the pivotal choice to leave toxic friendships behind. After landing a dream job at a Fortune 100 tech company, he sought out mentors because he knew how important personal development...

Ep. #172 - Certified Personal Trainer and Wellness Coach and Best-selling Author Tracy Herbert Shares Her Passion to Help Others Live Longer, Healthier and Happier Lives

April 22, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

My guest is Tracy Herbert who is a type 1 diabetic and has  dyslexia.  Despite her health challenges, Tracy is a certified weight loss specialist, a certified personal trainer and wellness coach, an ACE senior fitness specialist, and a lead trainer in longevity codes.  Her pursuit of fitness and health took her on a successful 3,527-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to New York when she was in her mid-50s.  On top of all that, she is a best-selling author who has written three books. Trac...

Ep. #171 - Author Steph Katzovi Shares the Importance of Following Your Dreams and Passions

April 15, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

Steph Katzovi is an author, wife, and the mother of two school-aged boys.  She always profoundly believed that she would be an author one day, but her path was very circuitous to reach her goal.  She obtained a college degree and then a law degree.  She even studied and passed bar exams in two states, but she never actually practiced law.  She also worked for many years as a professional speech writer.  But Steph knew what her dream and passions were and truly believed in herself.  She has w...

Ep. #170 - Best-Selling Author and Fitness Coach Joe Martin Wants You to Be Awesome and Relentless in Your Positivity

April 08, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Meet my guest Joe Martin, who likes to call himself the director of awesome-relentless positivity.  Joe openly shares how he went from being 50 pounds overweight to being voted his city’s healthiest trainer.  He went from being a below-average student to a best-selling author; from being a youthful offender on probation to being a positive force in his community and working with children; from being very shy to a sought-after speaker; and from being on the verge of suicide, to finding blessi...

Ep. #169 - Author and Visualization Coach Steve Gamlin Wants to Help You Achieve Your Goals

April 01, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Steve Gamlin is known as “The Motivational Firewood Guy”.  He is the creator of the Vision Board Mastery program as well as an author, coach, and keynote speaker.  By the age of 35, Steve had to change careers, went through a divorce, and suffered from financial loss. He was successfully able to turn his life around!  Steve is passionate about teaching the importance of SEEing your desired outcomes, understanding the WHY, and then building action plans to achieve them.  His visualization coa...

Ep. #168 - Author and Coach Rick Ornelas is on a Journey to Spread Positivity, Hope, and Love

March 25, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

Rick Ornelas is a best-selling author, professional coach, and the founder of the growing community “I Spark Change”.  What was the pivotal time in Rick’s life?  One night, he was driving home with his wife and children.  It was raining.  Suddenly, he lost control of the car.  It spun across lanes of traffic, eventually flipping over and landing back on its wheels.  Surprisingly, no one was hurt.  It was such traumatic, near-death accident that it inevitably changed Rick’s life.  Fast forwar...

Ep. #167 - Financial Coach Patti Handy Helps Women to Transform Their Finances and Lives

March 18, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

Patti Handy is a certified executive coach, certified life coach, and a financial coach who helps women transform their finances and their lives so they can achieve financial confidence and peace of mind.  She has had over 20 years of professional experience being a financial advisor and a mortgage advisor.  Patti knows firsthand how devastating financial challenges can be for a woman as she went through a divorce when her son was just 18 months old.  She made some wrong financial decisions ...

Ep. #166 - Digital Nomad Kayla Ihrig Inspires You to Not Let Life Pass You By

March 11, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MB

Have you ever heard of a digital nomad? I hadn’t until I met my guest Kayla Ihrig who refers to herself as the queen of digital nomadism.  Kayla is a fascinating and determined young lady who left her world of a 9 to 5 job because she wanted more in her life.  After asking herself “wasn’t life supposed to be more fun?”, she decided to not let her life just pass her by but go out and travel and find out about the world.  For the past 7 years she has been traveling and living internationally –...

Ep. #165 - Dr. Jennifer Fraser is Passionate About Stopping Bullying and Helping You to Develop a Healthier Brain

March 04, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Dr. Jennifer Fraser is a consultant, author and speaker who is bringing about a transformation in how we look at all sorts of bullying and the physical damage that bullying does to our brains. She uses brain-science and an evidence-based approach to teach about brain fitness and how we can heal our brains from the trauma associated with bullying and abuse.  Her latest book is titled The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health. Bullying is not only limited to children in school...

Ep. #164 - Author and Growth Architect Beate Chelette Wants to Empower Women to Go from Overwhelmed to Awesome

February 26, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Meet Beate Chelette, an author, founder of the Women’s Code, and what she likes to describe herself as “A Growth Architect”.  Beate was a broke single mom, a first-generation German immigrant, and $135,000 in debt.  How did she go from these challenging circumstances to eventually selling her business to Bill Gates for millions of dollars during a recession?  You will find out about her passion for helping women learn how to collaborate and support each other better which led her to establis...

Ep. #163 - Award-winning Author, Educator and Advocate Vickie Rubin Shares Her Journey of Hope Involving Her Child Jess Who has Special Needs

February 19, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

Vickie Rubin is an award-winning author, educator, and advocate.  She is the mother of a child named Jess, who has a rare chromosome deletion and who has been disabled all her life as a result.  Vickie has not only intimate personal knowledge and experience with having a disabled child, but she also has considerable professional experience working with families who have children with special needs.  And, she passionately advocates for these families.  We discussed her book titled Raising Jes...

Ep. #162 - Author and Educational Consultant Dr. Vermelle D. Greene is Passionate about Helping Boys and Young Men Succeed in the Educational System

February 12, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Dr. Vermelle Greene is an author, educational consultant, teacher-trainer, mentor, and a homeschool grandparent.  She has experience of over 50 years as an educator and school administrator. Dr. Greene firmly believes that the way a child learns is affected by the child’s gender.  And, since boys learn differently than girls, they should be taught differently, but unfortunately, they often are not.  The result is that many boys are not succeeding in school as they should be and that affects ...

Ep. #161 - Author Pamela M. Covington Inspires Women to Develop Resilience to Overcome Life’s Adversities As She Did

February 05, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

Pamela M. Covington  is a speaker, author, anti-poverty advocate and a women’s transition coach. She has earned multiple degrees, including two master’s degrees. Pamela shares with us her story of many struggles and hope.  It’s not an average story.  She went from middle-class comfort to fleeing with her children from her boyfriend who had PTSD.  That led her into deep poverty and living on welfare, but she did not stay there. She struggled through many challenges and was eventually able to...

Ep. #160 - Accomplished Athlete and Author Phebe Trotman Encourages You to Never Quit on a Bad Day

January 29, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

My guest Phebe Trotman is an author and an accomplished athlete, having won many accolades as a soccer player. Phebe’s book is titled Never Quit on a Bad Day – Inspiring Stories of Resilience.  It is a compilation of personal stories from Phebe and 9 other contributors that illustrate the power of never quitting.  Phebe shares her story of challenges playing soccer, but she did not let defeat stop her, and her accomplishments, as a result, have been many.  She describes herself as a living t...

Ep. #159 - Author, Ordained Minister, and Therapist Dr. Guy E. Glad Shares How Negative Emotions Can Be Managed to Live a Life of Hope

January 22, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

My guest Dr. Guy E. Glad is a man for all seasons.  He is an ordained minister, an integrative Christian therapist, an organizational leader, and an educator. Add to all that, he is an author too! Dr. Glad shares how he was raised in a family where his father was an alcoholic and verbally abusive. He joined the armed forces as an army chaplain and served honorably for 28 years.   While there, he worked with his soldiers as an alcohol and drug addiction therapist, after observing patterns tha...

Ep. #158 - Small Business Owner and Marketing Strategist Julia Pearson Wants to Help You Conquer Your Challenges and Embrace Social Media

January 15, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Are you a business owner who finds social media daunting?  You know that you must be present on social media, but you are uncertain what to do? Or perhaps you have a hodge podge approach – posting but not certain whether you are reaching the right people? Meet my guest Julia Pearson, a marketing strategist who focuses on helping businesses develop good relationships with social media. She is the CEO of Stratos Creative Marketing, a small business that she established, and which has grown fro...

Ep. #157 - Business Coach and Author Kyle Gillette Wants to Help You Harness Your Leadership Strengths for Greater Success

January 08, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Kyle Gillette is a business coach and author.  His experience is quite diverse, having run four businesses and a non-profit during his professional career.  He is passionate about helping businesses to grow and reach new heights, whether through coaching programs with individuals or groups. He has built a 4-part framework for leadership, which involves self-awareness, accountability, a growth mindset, and empowering others.  We talked about this framework and his book titled Right Now Leader...

Ep. #156 - Author Oksana Kukurudza Shares the Struggles and Triumphs of Her Ukrainian Family

January 01, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

My guest Oksana Kukuruzda is a management consultant.  But, for our podcast, we will talk about her role as an author and a proud daughter of Ukrainian parents.  She has written a non-fiction book titled Sunflowers Bend but Rarely Break, where she invites readers to learn about Ukrainian history and national identity through her parents’ experiences and struggles during World War II and its aftermath.  Sunflowers are the national flowers of Ukraine.  She tells us about the approximately 12 m...

Ep. #155 - Executive Coach and Speaker Elle O’Flaherty Gives Hope for Building on the Strengths, Rather Than the Stigma, of ADHD

December 25, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

My guest Elle O’Flaherty is an executive coach and performance optimization speaker.  She specializes in ADHD coaching for executives and professionals as well as other members of the ADHD community.  ADHD is the acronym for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder which is a medical condition that can be effectively treated.  She personally understands the challenges and strengths of ADHD, as she has ADHD herself.  Elle established an executive coaching firm known as Interlace Solutions and...

Ep. #154 - Author and Resilience Coach Laura Mangum Broome Has an Action Plan to Help You Transform Pain into Purpose

December 18, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

Laura Mangum Broome is an author and resilience coach who has an action plan for transforming pain into purpose.  I must say that “resilient” is a word that truly describes her.  Laura inspires us with her stories of triumph over adversity as she successfully faced the challenges of open-heart surgery during the Covid pandemic and then a sudden divorce after many years of marriage.  Her book is titled Flourishing After Adversity: A 3-Step Action Plan to Transform Pain Into Purpose and Embrac...

Ep. #153 - Certified Life Coach and Speaker Jennifer Chapman Inspires You to Overcome a Victim Mentality and Embrace Your Inner Warrior

December 11, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

Have you felt that you are not happy with where you are in life and just did not want to stay feeling that way?  Have you considered seeking the assistance of a life coach? My guest Jennifer Chapman is a certified life coach and speaker who is passionate about inspiring others to overcome a victim mentality and embrace their inner warrior. Jennifer knows all too well what it is like to feel stuck.  She was a very successful sales executive who was driven to achieve.  However, at the age of 3...

Ep. #152 - Author, Executive, and Experienced Entrepreneur Dr. Judy Morely Wants to Help You Become a More Effective Leader

December 04, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Dr. Judy Morley, PHD is passionate about mentoring and coaching leaders who want to make a difference, especially women.   If you are a woman who seeks to learn more about becoming a better leader, whether at your job or business or in your community, this is a powerful podcast to listen to.  Dr. Judy has over 20 years of leadership experience as an executive and is herself a very successful entrepreneur.  She was challenged early in her life when she was a young mother with stage 4 cancer a...

Ep. #151 - Author Tim Vandehey Gives Us Hope that We Can Finish What We Start and Fulfill Our Goals and Dreams

November 27, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

Have you ever wondered why you can begin a project but not complete it? Does it frustrate you not to finish something you have started? My guest Tim Vandehey  co-wrote with Tracy Maylett the book titled Swipe: The Science Behind Why We Don’t Finish What We Start.  Tim is a New York Times best-selling ghostwriter and co-author.  Tracy Maylett is an organizational psychologist and expert in employee engagement.  They started writing their book as a book to help businesses keep their employees ...

Ep. #150 - Dynamic Executive April Moss Is Passionate About Bringing More Women into the Construction Industry

November 20, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Meet April Moss, a dynamic leader who is an inspiration to female executives everywhere.  April got involved in the construction industry from young as her father and brothers were in that field.  After many years as an executive in various other industries, her passion has become construction digitization, using software to revolutionize construction projects. Through her company Digibuild, she is able to provide software for construction projects that provides material management and compe...

Ep. #149 - Licensed Psychotherapist Dana Skaggs Wants to Help You Learn to Establish Clear Boundaries in Your Relationships

November 13, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

How can you establish clear boundaries – ones that make you feel safe, empowered, and liberated in relationships?  Meet licensed psychotherapist Dana Skaggs, who is known as the Queen of Boundaries.  Dana’s passion is helping people understand how their lack of healthy boundaries is contributing to many of their problems. She grew up with a mother who suffered mental challenges and Dana was often the target of her mother’s anger and manipulation. She studied psychotherapy to better understan...

Ep. #148 - The “Love Doctor” Paul Zolman Wants to Help You Replace Anger with Love and Grow in Love Daily

November 06, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

My guest Paul Zolman is also known as the “love doctor”.  He is an author who writes about the importance of love in our lives and encourages us to leave anger behind and replace it with love.  Paul grew up in an abusive family where his childhood experiences were anything but filled with love.  He blamed everyone else for the problems in his life and was filled with anger until he realized that he was self-destructive.  His book is titled Role of Love: The Most Effective Way to Demonstrate ...

Ep. #147 - Happiness Coach and Author Jen Hardy Wants to Help You to be Fabulous Over the Age of 50

October 30, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Are you in the age range of 50 or over? Are you trying to rediscover your passions and set new goals? My guest Jen Hardy is a certified happiness coach, author, public speaker, and podcast host.  She is on a mission to empower women who are in what she refers to as the “Fabulous Over 50” age range.  And, she is passionate about helping them to rediscover their purpose and reclaim their power. As a mother of 7 and a successful professional, she brings her breadth of experience to assist other...

Ep. #146 - Human Resources Expert Kimberly Williams Seeks to Empower You to Advocate for Yourself in the Workplace

October 23, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Are you personally or do you know of someone who is facing challenges in the workplace? Even if you’re not going through issues at work or know of someone who is, this is an important podcast to listen to. And, it is equally important for employees and employers to listen to. My guest Kimberly Williams is a human resources expert who assists people to access free legal services when dealing with issues in the workplace. Her goal is to empower you to advocate for yourself and tame those fears...

Ep. #145 - Physical Therapist Gregory Stern Shares His Inspirational Journey from Chronic Body Pain to Pain-Free Movement

October 16, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Gregory Stern is a physical therapist who is passionate about helping guide people through their health journeys so that they can live pain free and thrive.  Greg shares with us how he sustained an ankle injury while playing sports when he was 19 years old.  He suffered through years of pain that not only affected his foot, but also his hip and back.  And he even had surgery to correct the injury, but still lived for many years with a dull buzzing pain that affected him physically and mental...

Ep. #144 - Entrepreneur and Author Tony Guarnaccia Shares How to Reinvent Yourself as Life Throws You Challenges

October 09, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

If you want to learn about tenacity, a determination to succeed and reinventing yourself, my guest Tony Guarnaccia has experienced it all.  He is an entrepreneur, enterprise marketer and author who came from humble beginnings.  Raised in an Italian family whose parents established their own bakery, Tony saw for himself the importance of hard work and the struggles that small business owners go through.  After earning a business degree, he returned home to help his parents revolutionize the b...

Ep.#143 - Certified Life, Relationship and Forgiveness Coach Jeanell Greene Shares How Forgiveness is the Pathway to Freedom

October 02, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

My guest Jeanell Greene is just not another certified life and relationship coach. She is also certified in coaching about forgiveness and gives us hope that through the powerful force of forgiveness, we can accomplish much in our lives.  Jeanell experienced the tremendous impact forgiveness can have when she saw her mother forgive her father after he had an affair.  She was a child at the time, witnessing the profound struggles that her mother went through.  Through their faith, her parents...

Ep. #142 - Power Couple Ron and Marty Cooper Share Their Passion for Helping Others Develop Personality Strengths and Principled Leadership

September 25, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Ron and Marty Cooper have been married for 55 years and are a power couple dedicated to assisting people and organizations achieve their full potential.  Ron uses his extensive experience with over 30 years in the Air Force as a fighter pilot and then an industry executive.  Marty is a business manager and certified leadership trainer.  Together, they established The Cooper Culture – a business dedicated to helping increase personal productivity and efficiency through developing personality ...

Ep.#141 - Author Lauren Hunter Shares Her Journey Out of a Controlling Religious Group and Into Freedom and Hope

September 18, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MB

Lauren Hunter shares her painful journey of growing up in and then leaving a religious cult known as Christian Science. She gives us hope that it is possible to leave a controlling group and that we have the resilience to do so and live much better and fulfilling lives.  Lauren is the author of two books. The first is titled Leaving Christian Science: 10 Stories of New Faith in Jesus Christ where she shares her story and the stories of 9 others who were able to leave the religious cult and d...

Ep.#140 - Best-selling Author Denise C. Herndon Harvey Inspires You to Grow, Transform and Heal with God’s Love and Grace

September 11, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

My guest wants to help you understand that your victory is in your pivot and encourages you to get up and live! Join me with Denise C. Herndon Harvey, who is a transformation coach, children’s and adult author, and speaker.  She’s a wife, mother, and grandmother.  Add to that she is a graduate of Liberty University and has a Master of Arts Degree in Human Services Counseling.  And then add on top of all of that, she is a published author of the children’s book titled Growing up Sassafras -Wh...

Ep.#139 - Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi Business Psychologist, Master Certified Coach and Author Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi Wants to Help You Improve Your Business Culture and Flourish

September 04, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi is a business psychologist, master certified coach, and author.  Her book is titled A Powerful Culture Starts with You - Cultivate a Thriving Workplace from the Inside Out and has been rated #1 for new releases in the category of workplace culture and is a best seller in the category of business coaching.  Dr. Nooravi shares how she came with her parents from Iran as they sought a better life for their family in the United States.  She worked hard, earning a bachelor's d...

Ep.#138 - Addiction Wellness Coach Kattie Lail Shares Her inspiring Journey from Drug Addiction to Rehabilitation and Now Coaching Others

August 28, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Kattie Lail is an addiction wellness coach who is passionate about helping those who are facing the challenge of drug addiction and their families. She understands the importance of being supportive and bringing out the best in others, as she too went through a long journey from being addicted to meth and then rehabilitation and recovery.  As a young teenager, she saw her mother use meth intravenously and began using it too.  That began years of addiction, then recovery, and then relapse.  I...

Ep. #137 - Certified Health Coach, Personal Trainer, and Author Rachel Lavin is Passionate About Helping Women to Love Themselves No Matter What Size They Are

August 21, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Rachel Lavin is the author of her memoir titled The Doughnut Diaries- A Personal Trainer’s Tale of Being Every Size from 12 Through 0.   She is a certified personal trainer with over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry as well as a certified health coach.  She likes to refer to herself as “a body love educator”.  Why should you love your body?  Many of those who experience weight gain often struggle with negative self-thinking and self-sabotage and do not love their bodies.  Rache...

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